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1884
Apr 20
| 1884 • Reformers in Korea who admire the Meiji Restoration in Japan stage a coup with Japan's help. China intervens to rescue the king and help suppress the rebels. Afterwards both China and Japan agree to withdraw their troops and military advisers. |
1900
Age: 15y
| 1900 • Dr. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins University announces a theory about the cause of the Earth's magnetism. |
1918
Sep 12
Age: 34y
| 1918 • WWI: Aleppo captured by Prince Feisal's Sheifial Forces. |
1930
Age: 45y
| 1930 • Charles Creighton and James Hargis of Missouri begin their return journey to Los Angeles using only a reverse gear; the 11,555 km trip lasts 42 days. |
1963
Jun
Age: 79y
| 1963 • 11 German miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days in what became known as the "Wunder von Lengede" ("miracle of Lengede"). |